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1240
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1188
Mons, Belgium
1662-1669
Leuven, Belgium
1234
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1560
Kortrijk, Belgium
1520
Kortrijk, Belgium
1238
Leuven, Belgium
1738
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1388
Brussels, Belgium
1893
Charleroi, Belgium
1936
Brussels, Belgium
1895
Sint-Truiden, Belgium
13th century
Tielt, Belgium
1773
Lier, Belgium
1258
Brussels, Belgium
1898
Couvin, Belgium
1940
Thuin, Belgium
17th century
Onhaye, Belgium
14th century
La Louvière, Belgium
1888-1917
Visby Cathedral (also known as St. Mary’s Church) is the only survived medieval church in Visby. It was originally built for German merchants and inaugurated in 1225. Around the year 1350 the church was enlarged and converted into a basilica. The two-storey magazine was also added then above the nave as a warehouse for merchants.
Following the Reformation, the church was transformed into a parish church for the town of Visby. All other churches were abandoned. Shortly after the Reformation, in 1572, Gotland was made into its own Diocese, and the church designated its cathedral.
There is not much left of the original interior. The font is made of local red marble in the 13th century. The pulpit was made in Lübeck in 1684. There are 400 graves under the church floor.